The resume is a well presented summary of your background and credentials. The sole purpose of your resume is to get you an interview, not a job. Your resume will be screened by an employer for just 15-20 seconds. That's all the time your resume has to make an impact. Be honest and accurate while drafting your resume. A well-typed resume is a very handy thing to have when you go to an interview. If done correctly, it will tell the employer about you as a person and your job-related skills.

IIT, Bombay-(Computer Science and Engineering, 2006-2008)
Secured a percentile of 98.7 in GATE 2006
Ranked 3rd among all students in the Department

CGPA: 8.0/10.00

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B.Tech

DCE, Delhi-(Computer Science and Engineering,2002-06)
Ranked amongst top 0.29 % of all students appearing for IIT-JEE and secured AIR 884
Ranked among the top 0.2 % of all students appearing for AIEEE and secured AIR 685

CGPA:8.70/10.00

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School

ClassXII-Delhi Public School (Delhi,2002)
ClassX- Delhi Public School (Delhi,2000)

Some basic tips for handling resumes and establishing an online presence

Maintain Proper Sequence: These are different section in a sequence that you should follow while drafting your resume.

Header

Your identity and your contact details

Education details

To check if you have the basic qualification for the job/internship you are applying

Skills

How equipped are you in terms of your personality traits aswell as occupational skills

Practical Experience/Projects

To see if you have done anything that reflects yourpotential capability.

EXTRA CURRICULARS

To know apart Professional aspects, how meaningful is your life

Use Specific and Relevant Information: Don't waste valuable space with overused, general statements. Your resume should be short and simple and provide very basic information. Make sure that the length of your resume does not exceed 2 pages. This is great if the plan is to be a professional job seeker

Avoid Pronouns: You resume should not contain the pronouns "I" or "me." That is how we normally structure sentences, but since your resume is a document about your person, using these pronouns is actually redundant. Also, do not use abbreviations.

Maintain Proper Format and Style: Be consistent in format and style while preparing your resume. Use popular, non-decorative typefaces such as Arial and Times New Roman. Type the body in 10-12 point font and your name in 16 point in BOLD.Also distinguish each section of your resume by using 1/2" to 1" margins and most importantly, your Email ID should not be included as hyperlink text.

Use Bullet Points: Instead of writing paragraphs, the use of bullet points is highly recommended because they can drastically improve the readability of a resume. Bullet points are a quick way to break down skills and efforts that were put into a project.

List Professional Information First: The entry-level candidates should put their education information near the top of their resumes, unlike the experienced professionals, who list their degrees and certificates at the end of the resume.

Emphasize your Project: List each of your project that was performed at the company and then providing details as to what you were involved which will include your role and responsibility.

Expertise Skills: A list of useful skills in your resume as per the job is concern. Listing project details is one thing but an employer also wants to know in general the types of skills the candidate has. Having a technical expertise section that lists various items such as hardware, software and programming language and provide a quick overview summary of what an individual brings to the table can be very beneficial.

Avoid Unnecessary Information: Never include redundant information such as reference, disclaimer and interest unless they are related to the job. Personal information such as date of birth, marital status, height and weight, and salary or wages should not be included in the resume.

Use Action Words: Companies like to have leaders on their teams or up and coming leaders. Leaders are action driven and employers like to look for candidates that take initiative and are on their way to becoming leaders.For this reason it is always nice to include action words that grab extra attention. Mention leading the team or managed the team or were conducting investigations to list a few.

Avoid Content Copying: A Common mistake most of us make while constructing a resume is to copy the format from a friend's resume and build it based on that. AVOID THIS, unless your friend has taken professional help on making a resume.

Refer your Resume: Do refer to a third person to check the entire content of your resume for any errors before submitting.